Thursday, January 03, 2013

Netanyahu's Warning

Israelis aren't smart enough to spurn him. Palestinian suffering will continue. The new year began like 2012 ended. More on that below.

On December 22, Netanyahu warned he'll hit Hamas "with a heavier blow" than Pillar of Cloud. He spoke on Israeli television.

"I suggest Hamas not celebrate," he said. Israeli state terror remains ongoing. "We inflicted a very heavy blow," he added.

"We destroyed almost all of their long-range rockets. But I'm telling you that the IDF is preparing to strike a still-heavier blow. Our account with Hamas is not closed."

He discussed late January elections. "The public knows who will deal best with the security, regional and economic challenges. The public wants a strong prime minister with a strong party behind him."

Despots say these things. Demagoguery reflects their style. It's red meat for supporters. It works so it's prioritized.

Most people aren't wise enough to understand. They don't know what they're up against. They support what they should condemn and shun.

"On election day," said Netanyahu, "the citizens of Israel will send a message not just inside the country, but to the whole."

"Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah and Mashaal will want to know one thing: has the prime minister become stronger or weaker?"

"Because to them, it means that Israel has gotten either stronger or weaker. And they understand very well that the deciding factor is whether or not the prime minister’s party has gotten larger or smaller."

"If it has gotten larger. Israel has gotten stronger, and that is the message that I expect and believe the citizens of Israel will send to our enemies around the world on election day."

Settlement construction will continue, he stressed. Palestine's UN upgrade was denounced. "They are the ones who simply tore all the agreements with us to shreds, going (to the UN) unilaterally," he claimed.

"My friends, we are not going to just stand back and do nothing. Would I go and give away land so that Iran takes it over? I'm not prepared to do that."

He vowed to entirely Judaize East Jerusalem. He'll build in the sensitive E1 corridor. "What kind of future does Israel have" otherwise, he said.

"We will build in Jerusalem because that is our right." He blamed Palestinians for failure to achieve peace. He omitted saying he spurns it. He did what political rogues do best. He ranted, raved, and lied.

He had unrevealed plans in mind. He began the new year with a bang. January began like December ended. Incursions, attacks, arrests, and destruction of Palestinian property followed.

Settlers also invaded Beit Ummar village. It's north of Hebron. A car and tractor were burned. Graffiti sprayed said "A good Arab is a dead Arab" and "Yitzhar revenge is on the properties today, and tomorrow will be on the souls."

"There has been a palpable rise in episodes of stone-throwing and firebombing by Palestinians against Israeli vehicles on West Bank roads, and an increase in localized clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and soldiers."

On Monday, they added, "an Israeli bus carrying civilians south of Hebron was shot at." No corroborating evidence was revealed.

"In the meantime," said The Times, "the Israeli military says it has been trying to balance proactive counterterrorism measures - like widespread arrests of militants belonging to Hamas and other armed groups - with a policy of restraint when faced with rioters, to try to prevent Palestinian fatalities and a subsequent spiral of violence."

Times reports exclude truth and full disclosure. Lawless occupation harshness is suppressed. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. Readers are betrayed. Managed news and misinformation substitute for what they most need to know.

He focuses on Israeli/Palestinian/Lebanese/American political-economic geographies. He's involved with the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee and Israel-Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

"How The New York Times erases Israel's Crimes," he headlined.

TimesSpeak claims "no siege of Gaza, no occupation of the West Bank, and (no) Nakba." Palestine's democratically elected government is called militant and terrorist. Coup d'etat West Bank authority is called legitimate.

It's repugnant, indefensible and malignant. It's contemptuous of moral and ethical values. It spurns rule of law principles.

It espouses violence, not peaceful coexistence. It favors confrontation over diplomatic conflict resolution. It prioritizes strength through militarism, intimidation, and naked aggression.

It's led by state terrorists posing as democrats. It harms Jews and gentiles alike. It menaces humanity. It should be explained and condemned, not supported.

Times reports whitewash truth. Ross calls its work "at best, delusional. At worst, it is intentionally misleading. (It) serves Israel's interests by keeping the American public in the dark about the true nature of Israel's occupation."

New Year's day continued December harshness. Every day is Kristallnacht in Palestine. Israeli security forces, PA enforcers, and radicalized settlers terrorize Palestinians with impunity.

Wanting to live free in sovereign Palestine is called terrorism. Mass arrests, torture, and gulag imprisonment reflect daily life. Praying to the wrong God is criminalized.

Fundamental civil and human rights are denied. Collective punishment is policy. So are crimes of war and against humanity.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."

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